Moussa P. Blimpo is currently a Senior Economist in the Office of the Chief Economist for the Africa Region (AFRCE) at the?ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳. Before this position, he was an Assistant Professor of economics and international studies at the?. His research interest covers on a range of policy-relevant questions on African economies. His recent research and publications cover the issues on electricity access in Sub-Sharan Africa, the role of disruptive technologies on the prospects of Africa economies to leapfrog and address key development challenges, and human capital acquisition in African countries. Moussa holds a Ph.D. in economics from??and spent two years as a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University's Institute for Economic Policy Research (). He founded, and led between 2011 and 2015, the Center for Research and Opinion Polls (), a think tank?based in Togo.